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World Food Conference in Brussels (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
John Fraser reporting on the World Food Conference in Brussels. President of Zambia Kenneth Kaunda bursts into song before delivering his speech on third world famine and short-termism in giving food aid....
Margaret Thatcher’s visit to Turkey (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Tim Kelsey reports from Turkey on the visit of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher for discussions with Premier Turgut Ozal. On her interest in strengthening Anglo-Turkish relations on trade, but making no...
Major explosion in Pakistan (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Three days of official mourning have been declared in Pakistan after bombs and rockets from an exploding arsenal rained on the twin cities of Islamabad and Rawalpindi. More than 70 people were killed and and...
British and Norwegian monarchs on North Sea pollution (1988)
- Genre
- Speech; Music
The Queen is backing Prince Charles’s campaign against pollution in the North Sea. Speaking at a banquet at Windsor in honour of the King of Norway , she says his country and ours share a need to care...
Control tower message to hijacked Kuwaiti airliner crew (1988)
- Genre
- Speech
Before taking off from Larnaca, Cyprus, for Algiers, the hijackers of the Kuwait Airways Flight 422 allowed twelve hostages to go free. Once the plane was airbourne, the control tower at Larnaca sent...
Near-miss for two jets at Gatwick (1988)
- Genre
- Speech
Two British holiday jets came close to crashing into each other at Gatwick Airport last night. A British Island Airways BAC 111 apparently landed on the wrong runway, just as the second plane was...
Death of Alan Paton (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Speech; Obituary
South African writer Alan Paton died this morning at the age of eighty-five of cancer at his home near Durban. He was best known as the author of Cry, the Beloved Country, first published forty years...
Yasser Arafat on Kuwait Airways hijacking (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat says he is in touch with the people giving the Kuwait Airways hijackers their orders. Speaking at an Islamic conference in Kuwait, he warned the hijackers not to kill any...
Kuwaiti Government refuses to give in to hijackers (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
The Kuwaiti Government is refusing to give in to hijackers who are still holding one of its jumbo jets at Larnaca Airport in Cyprus despite the murder of a second passenger after requests to have the...
Archbishop Desmond Tutu on inequality in South Africa (1988)
- Genre
- Speech
During his visit to Britain (19/04/88), Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the black leader of South Africa’s Anglican Church, says nothing will stop him campaigning for an end to apartheid - not even threats to...